Jones was a little more emotional than usual during a post-draft video conference with media late Friday night.

Screen capture of Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones talking on the phone to the Dallas Cowboys pick CeeDee Lamb, who was chosen by the Cowboys in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday, April 23, 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic the NFL Draft was held virtually. (DallasCowboys.com)

While overseeing the first two days of the NFL draft from a white sofa in his $250 million super yacht, he’s pounced as highly rated players at the Cowboys’ positions of need slid in each of the first three rounds.

The Cowboys’ two-day haul of receiver CeeDee Lamb of Oklahoma, cornerback Trevon Diggs of Alabama and defensive tackle Neville Gallimore of Oklahoma is widely considered one of the best starts of any team in this draft.

Perhaps that’s why Jones was a little more emotional than usual during a post-draft video conference with media late Friday night.

Jones, while at times appearing to fight back tears, spoke about how he believes the draft, viewed by a record 15.6 million people Thursday night, has served as a respite for fans sheltered at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Jones also vowed that football would return this season, although he didn’t provide a timeline.

“It was able to help when people are hurting,” Jones said. “When a time that people are wondering and at a time when people don’t have the answers – no one does – I think the NFL and sports stepped up and we created a respite. We created a diversion. We created, if you will, some type of business-as-usual approach.”

President Trump recently drafted Jones, along with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and other sports owners and commissioners, to a White House advisory group for restarting the country’s economy. Jones was optimistic Friday night.

“There is no question we’re going to get back as a country,” he said. “There is no question. And when we do, as we always do, we’ll be better than we ever were.”

Jones, who on Thursday during the Cowboys’ self-produced draft show seemed to acknowledge some games could be played without fans, closed by saying he believes the sport’s return is around the corner.

“And I think that yes, we’ll have football," Jones said. "We’ll have it and hopefully the effort and the work we’re trying to do right here will pay off in a few weeks and months where we’re having our fans see real football.”